This report finds volunteers Place Based Income Management improved budgeting skills and reduced financial hardship, becoming less likely to run out of money for essentials as food, rent, or mortgages. The initiative, part of the Building Australia’s Future Workforce package, supports vulnerable families and employment pathways, with evaluation commissioned by the Department of Social Services.

This paper estimates the effects of the mining boom in Australia, using a large-scale structural macro-econometric model, AUS-M.

Compared with non-Indigenous Australians, Indigenous people tended to report lower levels of emotional wellbeing but they were more likely to say that they were satisfied with life. Summary The wellbeing of Indigenous Australians is an important concern, given that so many have relatively poor health together with lower levels of income and employment. This paper...

Provides longitudinal data on the lives of Australian residents. Introduction: Commenced in 2001, the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey is a nationally representative panel study of Australian households. The study is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic...

This report looks at student loan borrowers living in New Zealand 20 to 50 years of age with pre-study incomes below the student loan repayment threshold. Summary: The average incomes of these New Zealand student loan borrowers, and their rate of increase in income, are higher if they complete a higher-level qualification like a diploma...